EUVD-2026-28245 · Published May 7, 2026
Spring Cloud Config has an Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key When using Google Secrets Manager as a backend for the Spring Cloud Config server a client can craft a request to the config server potentially exposing secrets from unintended GCP projects. Spring Cloud Config 3.1.x: affected from 3.1.0 through 3.1.13 (inclusive); upgrade to 3.1.14 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.1.x: affected from 4.1.0 through 4.1.9 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.1.10 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.2.x: affected from 4.2.0 through 4.2.6 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.2.7 or greater (Enterprise Support Only). Spring Cloud Config 4.3.x: affected from 4.3.0 through 4.3.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 4.3.3 or greater. Spring Cloud Config 5.0.x: affected from 5.0.0 through 5.0.2 (inclusive); upgrade to 5.0.3 or greater.
Technologies
Weaknesses
CVSS scores
- v3.17.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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References
- https://spring.io/security/cve-2026-40981
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40981
- https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-config
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40981
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467621
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-40981.json
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